Category: Competitions

March 2, 2015

World Press Photo Statement Clarification

It has been an interesting 24 hours online, hasn’t it? After Sunday’s announcement that World Press Photo was upholding an award for a photo essay that many felt crossed ethical lines, they were taken to task by myself and many others for this line: The contest requires photojournalists do not stage pictures to show something that would otherwise have not...

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March 1, 2015

World Press Photo Upholds Troilo Award

After an investigation into ethical concerns surrounding Giovanni Troilo’s first place award in the World Press Photo Contemporary Issue-Story category, the organization has decided to uphold the award. Massive Editorial Statement: World Press Photo, you got this totally wrong. How so? From their statement, here’s their justification: World Press Photo is a contest for photojournalism and documentary photography, established to...

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February 25, 2015

Contest Reality Distortion Field

Over at Time’s Lightbox, Olivier Laurent is reporting that World Press Photo has received a letter from the mayor of Charleroi, Belgium, claiming that a set of images that won an award this year are “profoundly dishonest.” This is getting out of hand. The mayor’s letter goes on to analyze (Giovanni) Troilo’s photographs and captions, including one that purports to...

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February 17, 2015

Competitions, Industry, Trust and Relationships

I have been pondering the news that nearly 20% of the images that made it to the penultimate round of judging in this year’s World Press Photo competition were disqualified for ethical problems. Think about that – one out of every five images that made it through the early rounds was found to violate the organization’s standards for image manipulation....

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February 12, 2015

NPPF Scholarships and Grants

The National Press Photographers Foundation has several scholarships and grants available – application deadline is March 2. Several of these are worth $2,000

Categories Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

February 2, 2015

UPDATED: Alexia Foundation Grant Applications Due TOMORROW

Yes, TWO HOURS. You have until 2 p.m. Eastern time today to get your student grant application in. UPDATE: The deadline has been extended to 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Categories Competitions/Photojournalism

January 27, 2015

Eyes of History Close on February 1

The White House News Photographers Association’s Eyes of History Student Contest is only taking entries through February 1. Many of you have images that could do very, very well here.

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January 13, 2015

Southern Short Course in News Photography – Feb. 20-21

Get this on your calendar – the Southern Short Course in News Photography will run February 20-21 in Charlotte. More details on the speakers to come.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

January 5, 2015

Photojournalism Scholarships

The National Press Photographers Foundation is now taking application for eight $2,000 scholarships for both undergraduate and graduate studies. Deadline is March 2.

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January 5, 2015

Best of Photojournalism Competition Open for Entries

The National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism competition is now open for entry.

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